CONTENTS. TH THE Hiflory of Knowledge, Learning, and Tafle, in Great Britain, during the Reign of King Charles the First, BRITISH AND FOREIGN HISTORY. page xiii CHAP. I. Great Britain. Meeting of Parliament. Speech from the Throne. Debate on the Addrefs in the Houfe of Lords. Debate in the House of Commons on the Sufpenfion of the Habeas Corpus Act. On the Office of third Secretary of State. Debate on the Addrefs. Mr. Wilberforce's Amendment in favour of Peace. Negatived. Refumed Debate on the Sufpenfion of the Habeas Corpus Act. Debates on the B.ll for continuing to fufpend the A of Habeas Corpus. Debate on the fame Subject in the House of Lords, CHA P. II. 3 Committee of Supply. Motion and Debate relative to the Navy. Army Efti mates. Debate on that Subject. Further Debate on the Army, &c. New Plan for manning the Navy iy Requifit.on. Propofal to oblige Placemen and Penfioners to contribute towards manning the Navy. Army Extraordinaries. Debate on this Subject. Meffage from his Majesty refpecting the Imperial Loan. Debate on the Prujian Subfidy. Debate on the Imperial Lean in the House of Commons. Debate on the fame Subject in the Lords. Budget. Debate on the Bill for an additional Tax on Wines. Debates on the Regulation of Franking. Difcuffions on the Hair Powder Licence Bill, &c. ३० 1795. a CHAP. CHA P. III. Earl Stanhope's Motion for Peace. Motion to the fame Effect in the Houfe of Commons, by Mr. Grey. Duke of Bedford's Motion in the House of Lords, declaring that no Form of Government in France ought to preclude a Negotiation. Mr. Grey's Motion in the Houfe of Commons to the fame Effect. Further Effort of the Duke of Bedford for the Attainment of Peace. Mr. Fox's Motion for an Inquiry into the State of the Nation. Lord Guildford's Motion on the fame Subject in the Houfe of Lords. Mr. Wilberforce's Motion for Peace. Lord Lauderdale's Motion on the fame Subject. Debates on the Convention with Auftria, and the Loan to the Emperor-In the Commons-In the Lords, 54 CHAP. IV. Marriage of his Royal Highnefs the Prince of Wales. Meffage from his Majefly relative to an Etablishment for the Heir Apparent. Debts of the Prince of Wales. Debates in the Houfe of Commons on the Prince's Eftablishment. Mr. Pitt's Plan for the Liquidation of the Debts of his Royal Highness. Debates on that Subje& in the Houfe of Commons. Debate concerning the Arrears of the Duchy of Cornwall during the Minority of the Prince. Bill for preventing future Princes of Wales from incurring Debts. Proposal of Lord Lauderdale for confulting the Judges refpecting the Arrears of the Duchy of Cornwall during the Prince's Minority. Debates in the House of Lords on the Prince's Debts and Establishment, CHAP. V. 102 Motion in the House of Commons for an Allowance in Time of Peace to Militia Officers. Bill for new-modelling the Militia of the City of London. Militia Artillery Bill. Motion for a Committee to confider the Duke of York's circular Orders refpecting an Allowance to the Army, without the Consent of Parliament. Mr. Wilberforce's Motion for the Abolition of the Slave Trade -negatived. Motion relative to the Conduct of Sir Charles Grey and Sir John Jervis in the Weft Indies. Petition from West India Merchants. Relief granted by Means of Exchequer Bills to West India Merchants. India Budget. Conclufion of Mr. Haflings' Trial, 119 CHAP. VI. Affairs of Ireland. Natural Confequences of the Coalition of the Portland Party with Mr. Pitt. Claims of the Irish Catholics. Arrangements flipulated with respect to Ireland, in forming the Coalition. Singular Conduct of Mr. Pitt. Lord Fitzwilliam affumes the Government of Ireland. Great Popularity of his Adminiftration. Meeting of the Irish Parliament. Proceedings of the Irish Parliament. Mr. Grattan moves for a Bill in favour of the Catholics. Lord Fitzwilliam difmiffes certain Members of the former Adminiftration. His Correfpondence with the British Ministers. Lord Fitzwilliam Fitzwilliam recalled. Succeeded by Lord Cambden. Difcontents in Ire land. Difturbances there. Inquiry moved by Mr. Grattan into the State of the Nation. Fitzwilliam. Debates on the Subject in the British Parliament-In the Catholic Bill rejected. Rejections on the Recal! of Lord Lords - In the Commons. Prorogation of Parliament. Regulations refpecting Dutch Property. Letters of Marque iffued against the Dutch. Riots at Crimping Houfes. Petitions for Peace. Changes in Adminiftration. Ratification of the Treaty with America. Crossfield committed to the Tower. Meetings of the Correfponding Society. Short Account of that Inftitution, Revival of the Pop-Gun Plot. 145 CHAP. VII. Continental affairs. Averfion to the Stadtholder's Government and the English Alliance. Violent Winter Campaign. State of the United Provinces. Proceedings of the Magiftrates at Amfterdam. Ill Policy of forcibly repreffing the Public Opinion. Miferable State of the allied Army. French attempt to pass the Waal-repulfed. A Party of French cross the River near Nimeguen. Froft fets in. French cross the Maes, and fuccefsfully attack the allied Army for an extent of twelve Leagues. Bommel taken. French establish themfelves between the Waal and the Leck. Duke of York refigns the Command. Deplorable State of the allied Forces. Neglect of the Sick, &c. Surrender of Grave. French again cross the Waal. Allied Army abandons its Pofitions on the Waal. Pichegru. Stadtholder in vain urges the People to rife in a mass for the Defence of his Government. Grofs Abufes in the allied Armies. SurrenDefeat of the Allies by General der of Heufden. Sufferings of the British Soldiers in their Retreat. Surrender of Utrecht, Rotterdam, and Dort. Precipitate Flight of the Stadtholder. French enter Amfterdam. Leyden, Haerlem, &c. open their Gates to the French. Surrender of Breda, Williamftadt, and Bergen-opZoom. Capitulation of Zealand. Revolution in Holland. Misfortunes and Sufferings of the retreating Armies. British Forces reach Bremen and embark for England. Campaign on the Rhine. Surrender of Manheim. Preparations for the Siege of Mentz. French. Victories of the Republicans in Spain. Rofas taken. Summary Bentham and Bienen taken by the Recapitulation of the Conquefts and Victories of the French. Peace with the Royalists and Chouans in La Vendée. Naval War. Several Frigates captured from the French. Action in the Mediterranean. Admiral Cornwallis's masterly Retreat. Lord Bridport's Victory. Deftruction of the British Settlements on the Coaft of Africa, CHAP. VIII. 166 State of the Interior of France. Factions in the Convention. Denunciation a 2 d'Herbois, d'Herbois, and Billaud Varennes. Cambon and other Deputies arrested and confined. Decrees refpecting the new Conftitution, and for the provifional Government. Report of Johannot on the Finances of France. Trial of the Judges and Jurors of the Revolutionary Tribunal. Decree refpecting Emigrants. Decree for restoring confifcated Property. Republic acknowledged by Sweden. Treaty of Alliance with Holland. Infurrection in Paris. Negotiation and Peace with Pruffia-with Spain. Tranfactions with the Svifs Cantons. Second Treaty of Alliance with Prufia. Death of the Prince. Decree for liberating the Princess. Trial and Execution of Jofeph le Bon. New Conftitution prefented. Debates on this Subject. General Outline of the Conflitution. Remarks upon it. Decrees for re-electing twothirds of the Convention to the new Legislature. Peace with Heffe Caffelwith Hanover. Incorporation of the former Peons of the House of Auftria, on the French Side of the Rhine, with the Republic, CHAP. IX. 192 Convocation of the Primary Aemblies for the acceptance of the Conflitution. Oppofition to the Laws for re-electing two thirds of the Convention to the new Legislature. Sections of Paris proteft against it. Erroneous conduct of the Sections. The Conftitution generally accepted. Conteft continues between the Sections of Paris and the Convention. Infurrection of the Sections. Election of Reprefentatives to the new Legiflature. Propofal in the Convention for appointing a Commiffion of Five to fave the Country. Over-ruled by Thibeaudeau. Diffelution of the Convention. Punishment of Death abolished. General Amnesty. Meeting of the new Legislature. Choice of the Directory. Intrigues on that Occafion. Characters of the Members of the Executive Dis rectory. Character of Sieyes, &c. Club of the Pantheon. Choice of Ministers. Difappointment of Louvet, Chenier, and Tallien. Characters of Louvet, Tallien, &c. The Reveil du Peuple forbidden. Difturbances in the Departments. Good conduct of the Directory. Club of the Pantheon Jhut up. Good effects from the Council of Elders. Good order preferved in the Legislature and Tribunes. Patriotism of the Directory. State of Religion in France. Revival of Literature. New Academy. Account of the Inftitutions for the Education of the People, CHAP. X. 220 Renewal of Hoftilities in La Vendée. Correfpondence of the Royalifts with the Allied Powers. Cormartin and other Chief's arvefted. Preparations in England for a Defcent on the Coaf of France. Abfurdity of this Project. Singular Arrangements for the Expedition. Extraordinary nature of the Command. Unrecedented Expence connected with fingular Negligence. Troops for the Expedition unprovided even with Tents. English Fleet conducted into Quiberon Bay. Emigrants land at Carnac. Profufe Diftribution of the Stores. Cowardice of the Chouans. Fort of Quiberon attacked and taken. Emigrants remove within the Peninjula of Quiberon. Chouans driven by a very small force from all the Out-pos. Sortie from the Fort. Second Sortie. Stratagem of the Republicans. Great Defentions. The Fort |